Data for 2024

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2024
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This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from natural gas. It is the fuel behind most of the power in the Gulf, North Africa, Central Asia and much of the Americas.

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 covers 163 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 99.97; 71 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 2.59. Against 2023, 90 values changed (37 up, 53 down), 8 left.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2024

HighestTurkmenistan

99.97

Lowest71 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

163countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
93distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2024: every country, as published by Ember.

Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.97	99.970	33.01
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.74	99.736	37.95
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.48	99.895	9.55
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.59	98.931	96.36
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	95.98	95.977	56.68
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.53	95.601	21.37
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	92.18	95.071	59.58
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	91.24	95.112	49.10
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.00	88.254	27.84
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	85.67	89.292	6.07
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	84.02	84.475	2.19
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	79.14	99.820	5.56
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	75.22	84.049	81.50
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.00	75.000	37.56
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	74.53	99.971	34.59
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	73.81	79.121	5.46
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	72.48	73.154	1.49
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.28	96.040	1.01
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.39	86.194	80.40
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.90	71.084	10.79
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.42	70.423	0.71
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	65.88	98.113	101.74
Bolivia`BOL`South America	64.52	66.001	13.53
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	64.10	98.958	37.44
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	62.82	69.231	0.78
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	62.78	67.081	8.84
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.08	97.762	92.49
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.98	75.919	23.67
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.43	63.782	24.27
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.93	62.680	45.82
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.91	87.398	4.92
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	52.96	98.377	149.73
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	52.25	96.463	24.88
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	48.60	53.487	31.07
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.06	52.142	21.71
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.32	49.827	267.56
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	44.23	64.615	2.60
United States`USA`Northern America	42.59	58.131	4,391.02
Peru`PER`South America	39.18	39.889	59.29
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.98	38.981	9.03
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.72	50.770	57.08
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	36.20	46.337	122.34
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.13	81.149	24.03
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.99	43.527	151.01
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	27.00	94.000	20.00
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	26.55	50.442	1.13
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	26.49	26.493	6.34
Colombia`COL`South America	22.20	38.658	89.14
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.04	26.860	7.26
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21.27	26.568	15.28
Panama`PAN`Central America	20.85	32.018	13.43
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	20.44	60.539	6.31
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.17	20.172	13.93
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.24	76.321	4.73
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.78	26.387	37.97
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18.65	23.665	75.98
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.63	23.256	280.92
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.55	54.386	341.23
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.36	32.794	52.72
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15.82	16.574	19.79
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.54	79.528	124.17
Chile`CHL`South America	14.30	29.959	88.62
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	13.64	95.986	19.43
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.91	14.803	47.29
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.89	68.864	172.09
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.35	15.678	7.40
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.79	14.020	44.01
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	9.76	14.194	29.52
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.61	13.775	78.48
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.98	26.299	15.59
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.33	28.896	38.28
Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.26	96.842	0.95
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.20	42.305	72.83
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.65	67.938	36.96
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.64	9.272	1.51
Venezuela`VEN`South America	4.49	8.861	80.13
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.21	5.077	564.49
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.20	62.345	10,025.01
Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.91	27.557	32.66
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.87	23.936	16.71
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.70	90.991	1.11
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.59	10.768	35.20
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.28	44.342	6.25
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.21	11.224	15.77
Suriname`SUR`South America	1.15	47.126	1.74
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.14	88.762	5.25
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.00	4.660	82.40
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.94	1.394	157.11
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.90	5.405	22.20
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.73	97.101	1.38
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.26	80.210	7.63
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.06	1.209	172.02
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	13.131	0.99
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	8.34
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	94.444	0.18
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	91.892	0.37
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	83.000	1.00
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	99.111	2.25
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	12.766	0.47
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	11.00
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	99.708	3.43
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	82.840	1.69
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	24.490	0.49
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	69.231	0.52
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	95.775	0.71
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	94.595	0.37
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.091	11.00
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	76.178	5.78
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	65.000	0.20
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	15.92
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	88.889	0.45
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	3.279	0.61
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	36.522	1.15
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	65.278	0.72
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.51
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	16.667	0.60
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	91.398	1.86
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	31.666	15.79
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	24.814	4.03
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	81.395	0.86
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	44.551	12.48
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	19.05
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	8.522	13.26
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	75.000	0.04
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	23.284	52.31
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	56.180	5.34
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	45.614	0.57
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	57.613	2.43
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	4.372	1.83
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	92.941	0.85
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	80.537	5.96
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	77.295	2.07
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	82.111	3.41
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	91.156	8.82
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	40.510	3.53
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	2.439	1.64
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	80.000	0.05
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	11.13
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	73.077	3.12
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	37.611	4.52
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	36.642	27.10
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	60.606	0.99
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	42.41
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	91.304	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	97.500	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	56.250	0.16
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	84.127	0.63
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	4.762	0.21
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	90.909	0.11
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	79.070	0.43
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	98.214	0.56
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	20.311	14.77
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	85.714	0.07
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	96.296	0.27
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.926	5.81
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	1.122	13.37
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	12.525	19.72
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	42.885	10.26

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.00
Zambiashared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.00
Uruguayshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.59. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest4 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 62.680
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 9.03

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

+0 / −8countries joined / left
90values changed, of 163 in both
37 · 53rose · fell
73unchanged

Rose most

Macau56.06 → 62.82+6.76
Greece32.66 → 37.72+5.06
Latvia22.26 → 26.49+4.24
Colombia19.19 → 22.20+3.01
Republic of the Congo71.08 → 73.81+2.73

Fell most

Portugal22.58 → 11.91−10.68
Tanzania69.82 → 62.78−7.04
Peru45.08 → 39.18−5.90
Belarus64.66 → 58.93−5.74
Uzbekistan80.73 → 75.22−5.51

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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93 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 71 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 163 countries has every column.

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Ember (2024). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2024

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